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News: Recording

Anne Walsh's Brazilian Jazz-Pop Confections Turning Heads

June 23, 2009

A celestial voice with a refreshing outlook arrives on the jazz-adult pop scene with today's (June 16) release of Pretty World by Anne Walsh from A To Zink Music. Her classically-trained voice gracefully guides a dozen dreamy compositions brimful of hope, optimism and romance. Walsh's classy collection of elegant standards, sensual Brazilian jazz rhythms and dramatic ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Steven Pasquale - Star of TV's Rescue Me - Debuts at Feinstein's with the John Pizzarelli Quartet

June 23, 2009

FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York” by New York Magazine, and “an invaluable New York institution” by The New York Post, continues its 10th Anniversary season with the debut of television and Broadway star STEVEN PASQUALE for one night only on Sunday, June 28. He will perform romantic jazz-tinged classics from ...

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News: Recording

Kurt Elling Releases New Live Album

June 23, 2009

The new live CD from Grammy nominated jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman, is in stores today (CD & digital) via Concord Jazz. Dedicated to You is Kurt Elling's eighth overall album and second release on Concord Jazz. The 12-track live collection features an all-star cast ...

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News: Book / Magazine

ByrneJazz Releases Linear Jazz Improvisation "Polytonal Triad Etudes (Book 5)"

June 23, 2009

Jazz Artist/Educator Ed Byrne's new advanced improvisation book is now available! ByrneJazz.com announces the release of Ed Byrne's new jazz improvisation method, Linear Jazz Improvisation Polytonal Triad Etudes." New! Linear Jazz Improvisation: Polytonal Triad Etudes (Book 5) This book offers enough advanced modern vocabulary to keep you occupied for at least a year! It begins with ...

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News: Recording

Eyal Maoz - Asaf Sirkis Duet: "Elementary Dialogues" (Ayler Records)

June 23, 2009

Liner notes by Lukas Ligeti: Eyal Maoz and Asaf Sirkis share a long history of collaboration. Beginning at school in their hometown of Rehovot, Israel, their friendship and musical association continued through numerous bands in Israel and has persevered despite the fact that they eventually both emigrated and now live on different sides of the Atlantic, ...

News: Technology

Twitter Growth Slowing Despite Huge Yearly Gains

June 23, 2009

Twitter grew 1,448 percent from this time last year, but its growth is slowing as the year goes on, according to Monday data from Nielsen. The micro-blogging site logged 18.2 million unique visitors in May 2009, up from 1.2 million in May 2008, and up 7 percent from April 2009. Those stats make Twitter the fastest ...

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News: Award / Grant

Mario Pavone Receives Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Grant

June 23, 2009

Mario Pavone, internationally respected bassist, Litchfield Performing Arts, Inc. board member, and Litchfield Jazz Camp teacher, has been awarded a 2009 Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Grant. The grant is focused on commissioning new music and on ensemble development. He was one of a handful of recipients chosen from a pool of 161 applications. Since ...

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News: Recording

The Kevin Hays Trio Releases Instrumental Jazz Covers on You’Ve Got a Friend

June 23, 2009

New York, NY -- You’ve Got A Friend is Kevin Hays’ first release for 2009. The album was released on the Jazz Eyes label May 1st. An all instrumental foray into the realm of cover tunes, the CD features pop and jazz classics interpreted by the trio in their own special way. The title track, a ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Club D'Elf | 06.06.09 | Boston

June 23, 2009

By: Tim O'Keefe Club d'Elf :: 06.06.09 :: Paradise Rock Club :: Boston, CA Club d'Elf Sonorous notes emit from the stage at Boston's Paradise Rock Club. Its source, a Moroccan sintir, lies in the hands of Club d'Elf's bandleader, Mike Rivard. Animal skins ...

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News: Festival

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Free Fest Announces 1st Artists

June 23, 2009

HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL 2009 FREE in Golden Gate Park - First Round of Artists The 9th Annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival will once again come to San Francisco's Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park. Set to go down October 2-4 2009, the first round of artists has been announced. And did we mention ...